Posted on 01/09/2022 10:57:56 AM PST by Beave Meister
“We’re gonna have windmills, you’re gonna see that have 100-yard wingspans, each, each propeller on that on that windmill, 100 yards long. So there’s so much that’s going to be able to be done.”
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Curious: I wonder why 0bama doesn’t want them on his horizon offshore if they’re so great... /s
Same.
Who makes the blades?
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Exactly. Chinese made. Carbon fiber, which is non-recyclable. Spent / broken turbine blades end up in landfills.
Bingo!
If windmills are so great, why do they need to be subsidized? If the green energy plan is so great, why are our current energy rates rising in order for green technology to be palatable? If green energy is so great, why are elected communists embracing it and demonizing fossil fuels?
Eh, scratch that last one
And the birds that chirp inside his head every night.
Kamala is good for nine yards per the “whither so ever I go” rape scene—consensual political bedfellows, of course.
Kamala is good for nine yards per the “whither so ever I go” rape scene—consensual political bedfellows, of course.
To prepare for commercialization by 2021, the 107-meter blade will undergo a series of fatigue tests over the next several months to validate that it can withstand more than 25 years of operation at sea, says the center.
107 meters = 117 yards = 351 feet.
A 100 yard wingspan? I’m starting to see a pattern from his handlers. Don’t know what the plan is, but it’s painfully obvious they are allowing this idiot to gaffe his way out of the WH. Kamala?
I may replied too soon.
Driving up the final stretch of the highway leading to Gloucester and some of the nicest beaches in Massachusetts, and you encounter three massive windmills that absolutely pollute the air worse than any smog ever could.
These people are all certifiable.
That has to be a typo.
One blade longer than a football field
I’m thinking the tower will have to be tall enough to make the sure the blades never come in contact with the water. So take into account the highest waves recorded, add a little bit for comfort and the tower has to be about 400ft above the water. And that’s not counting how far down it has to go to the ocean floor.
Damn that thing is going to huge.
Also: "LM Wind Power, a GE Renewable Energy Business, is a world leading designer and manufacturer of rotor blades for wind turbines, with a global manufacturing footprint that includes blade factories in Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, India, Poland, Spain, France, Turkey and the United States."
In the USA, GE manufactures turbine blades in South Florida and Louisiana.
We need some kind of markings so we know if this is Biden whispering, Biden shouting, or Biden mumbling.
One blade longer than a football field
Not a typo. Search around a little, you'll be surprised.
When skyscrapers are built over 1,000 feet tall, 400 feet of a cylindrical tower is certainly doable.
The wind turbines I snowmobile by are pretty big.
When you need the power most, when it's very hot or very cold, it is generally calm.
Space based solar powered turbines are the way to go.
40 years ago, I expected most of our electricity to come from orbiting power plants by now.
I’ve read that the big ones like that use grid power to use motors that constantly turn the blades so the shafts don’t bend from gravity.
Wind mill life span is not that long. Have you ever tried to “re-purpose” or recycle one, Joe?
...spinning at, say 50-100 rpms, a total weight of maybe 8-10 tons...
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I have not seen the figures on this one yet but scaling up from smaller ones, one can project that the complete nacelle likely weighs somewhere between 400 and 500 tons with each blade likely in the 50 to 75 ton range. The rotational speed will likely be in the 12 to 16 rpm range.
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